Lived experience of non-profit school teachers in Isfahan from the problems of elementary school students in online classes during the outbreak of coronavirus

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Master Student of Family Counseling, Department of Counseling, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.

2 Phd Student in Assessment and measurement, Department of psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Saveh Branch, Saveh, Iran.

10.22098/ael.2021.1434

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the perception of non-profit school teachers in Isfahan about the problems of elementary school students in online classes during the outbreak of coronavirus. This study was conducted using a qualitative approach and basic theory design. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were used to collect data. Using purposive sampling, data saturation was obtained after 35 interviews. In-depth analysis of teachers' perspectives led to the identification and classification of 23 open codes in the form of 4 problems: educational (3 open codes), economic (2 open codes), physiological (2 open codes), psychological and behavioral (16 open codes). Among the identified codes, the lack of face-to-face communication with the teacher and the student's mental fatigue in psychological and behavioral problems, severe decline in learning of active students in educational problems, lack of internet and closed in economic problems and harms caused by high internet connection from teachers' point of view are the most serious. Students' problems have been online during the training.

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